This brand new line of products from Google will pave the way for the year 2018 and its an early happy new year for people who love to be on the cutting edge of technology. Here are some of the key moments from Google’s global product launch that tell the story of what Google has done in 2017 to make a very exciting 2018. Machines Helping Machines with Automatic Machine Learning Google Assistant Has ‘Most’ of the Answers Now Honey, I Shrunk the Kids … err … Google Home Google Home Goes ‘Max’ for Audiophiles Better, Faster, Smarter and Sleeker Notebook, the Pixelbook (Still Chromebook!...

Even when I recently bought an iPad Pro I still wasn’t convinced. The 10.5-inch iPad Pro is as smooth as butter and great with multitasking, but it still wasn’t the same experience as a Mac. All of this changed, however, when I finally caved and bought the Smart Keyboard. I thought it was ridiculously overpriced, but now I understand why. The Smart Keyboard transforms a mere tablet into a laptop replacement....

Today I am going to address a very common question desktop email app related question: “ How to add my Gmail account? ” …most of us search for an answer to that question when switch from Gmail’s web interface to a desktop email client, isn’t it? So let’s see how you can configure Windows 8 Mail app and add your Gmail and Google Apps account easily. No need of POP or IMAP settings, all you’ll be needing is your login credentials....

To begin with, you would obviously need to create another Gmail account, preferably with a different password (common sense, I know). We’ll use Gmail’s Mail Fetcher to backup emails from the primary Gmail account. This method can also be used to backup emails from other accounts like Hotmail and Yahoo, but you need to ensure that they support POP access. Here are the steps. First, go to Settings (on the top right) in your main Gmail account and click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP....

In his OS X 10.5 Leopard review, John Siracusa said: Time Machine: The Easiest Way to Backup OS X bundles a backup utility called Time Machine. It’s a basic app that creates a copy of everything that’s on your mac on an external (or internal, but what’s the point in doing that?) hard drive. In a nutshell, this means that if you could snap your fingers and make one Mac user’s main hard drive disappear, there’s a 96 percent chance that you just destroyed files that are completely unrecoverable....

If you’re not familiar with how to do this, don’t worry. We’re here to help. This article will show you how to blur your background in Zoom for a more professional-looking video call. But before we show you how to do it, there are certain things you should know. Things to Know Before Enabling Blur Background on Zoom That said, below are the system requirements for enabling blur background on Zoom Supported Operating Systems and Mobile Devices Windows 7 or higher macOS 10....

In recent years, smartphones have evolved considerably, adding the power of multi-core processors, GBs of RAM and tons of high performance apps that almost make them more like tiny PCs – and like in PCs, susceptible to problems. Windows users often find that when messing around with new programs or trying special mods for their PC, they can somewhat ‘break’ the experience thanks to malware or spyware, slow booting, and other problems....

You can easily integrate and control your air purifier through Alexa, all thanks to the new Alexa skills. That means all the mundane and repetitive tasks like turning the device on/off are possible with a simple voice command. If you have an Alexa-powered device like any of the Echo smart speakers, all you have to do is speak out the said command. Cool, right? Don’t have an Echo Dot, Echo or Echo Plus?...

The best strategy would be to take a backup of your data, format the disk and change its file system.. but that isn’t why you are reading this article, is it? 🙂 So, we will tell you how to do the conversion (and why you may want to) without formatting your disk. Note: The process we are going to talk about is one way. If ever you wish to switch back FAT32 you will need to format your disk (though I have heard Partition Magic can do it, I am not quite sure of it)....

Google Photos supports the HEIC format, but you can only view HEIC images if you uploaded them from an iOS device initially. So the only way to work with HEIC images — if you received a batch from somewhere — on an Android device is to convert them to the JPG format. Thankfully, there are a handful of apps and online services that you can use to convert HEIC images to JPG on Android easily....

If you love watching many videos on Facebook, there is a feature for creating a video playlist. This post covers the steps to create a video playlist in the Facebook app on iPhone and Android. While Facebook allows you to save videos and posts, you can also create a dedicated playlist with all your favorite videos. This feature caters specifically to video content on Facebook. You can also add videos from a playlist to the Saved tab....

Now, maybe they aren’t the be all, end all of productivity apps, but PDF Converter and PDF Creator are certainly a step in the right direction for Facebook. Adding functionality to the currently superfluous networking site is a welcome enhancement from anyone’s perspective. While there are software available that can help you do what these apps do, for someone who spends the majority of his time on Facebook, these apps could certainly prove to be useful....

For example, assume you are trying to find directions to a place on Google Maps and you have to look at the phone every one minute to make sure you are on the right direction. I am sure that the frequent screen lock will irritate you at that moment. However, on the other hand, we should not disable the security altogether. A solution would be to extend the screen lock time on Android....

And if you are creator, nothing hurts more then seeing your work on someone else’s website or page, without the due credit. Thus it only makes sense to watermark a video or image to prevent others from stealing your work. When it comes to watermarking photos, it’s quite an easy process since there are plenty of apps. But when it comes to videos, the job is not that easy. The numbers of apps that add watermarks are far too rare....

While capturing a screenshot is quite straightforward, there’s a lot you can do afterward. In this post, we’ll go through all the tools you can use to edit screenshots on your iPhone. So, let’s get right to it. Getting Started Once you’ve captured a screenshot on your iPhone, a small thumbnail will appear in the screen’s bottom-left corner. Tap on it to view your screenshot. After opening the screenshot, tap on the Markup icon at the top, and a bunch of editing tools will appear at the bottom....

In addition to desktop browsers, you can sign on to Google on a mobile device to enable the handwriting feature for searching Google’s mobile site. However you want to use it, turning it on is a breeze – it’s learning to use it properly that may take some time. Let’s take a look at how this is done on both desktop and mobile browsers. How to Enable Handwriting Input on a Desktop Browser Step: Start by opening Gmail’s settings....

For whatever reason, enabling automatic login on the Mac is a bit tricky depending on a few other settings. Luckily, there are workarounds to fix this issue so that Automatic Login settings are no longer grayed out. The iCloud Problem It seems the more common issue that prevents automatic login on a Mac is your iCloud password, which has increasingly played a larger role in security on OS X and iOS devices....

Add to the fact that most Android phones now support dual SIMs, and you are looking at confused faces. If that’s you, don’t fret. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to find WhatsApp number and user name on both Android and iOS smartphones. Let’s begin. 1. Find My WhatsApp Number and User name on Android Launch WhatsApp on your Android smartphone and tap on the three-dot menu, and select Settings from here....

Internet Explorer is one such program that could become slow and unresponsive with time. If you too are facing the same problem and want to make your Internet Explorer as good as new here are some of the tricks that might do wonders. Get the Latest Version We all keep track of new version of almost all the applications installed on our system but what about Internet Explorer? I’ve seen my friends who still work on Windows Vista having a tough time with IE7, when I ask them as to why don’t they upgrade their Internet Explorer they say, “Dude, the purpose of checking mails and updating Facebook status is solved”....

Although the problem persisted, I was sure that it wasn’t a hardware problem because I was able to capture screenshots using volume down and power button. So I did a little digging around and found out that the issue isn’t limited to Android P. It has been happening for a long time to Android Nougat and Oreo users too. Looks like a Google update can break the volume buttons. We all know nothing is perfect and all software are prone to bugs....